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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 2, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Cover Crops for Northern New York. 
.1. T. B., Lacona, N. Y. —I have some 
State corn on a light sandy soli; some on 
a line gravel loam. I wish to sow some¬ 
thing at last cultivation (about July 10) 
for tt cover crop to turn under late in the 
Fall or early Spring. I would prefer Sweet 
or Crimson clover. Will they be quite sure 
to make a fair growth? If so, will it not 
pay well regardless of going through the 
Winter? Will Cow-horn turnips make a 
growth worth while on sandy soil in this 
latitude (about 43) ? Rye grows well. Is 
it of much value to turn under? 
Ans. —You are too iar north to get 
full success with Crimson clover. It 
probably will not live through your Win¬ 
ter, yet we think it will make a profit¬ 
able growth during late Summer or 
Fall. Cow-horn turnips will grow if 
you can have a fair amount of mois¬ 
ture, and so will Dwarf Essex rape. 
Sweet clover will be slower to start than 
Crimson, and will not do so well as a 
cover crop. We suggest a combination 
of 12 pounds Crimson clover and one 
pound each Cow-horn turnips and rape 
per acre. Sow it ahead of the cultivator 
and work into the ground. A peck of 
rye in place of the rape will give a 
growtlj to be plowed under in Spring, 
hut on the whole we think the rape will 
suit you better. 
Thinning Kieffer Pears. 
J. W. 8., Mexia, Tex .—We have a great 
overcrop of Kieffer pears, and must remove 
at least three-fourths In order to save trees 
from breaking to pieces. Would it be an 
injury to clip iu the limbs and thus some¬ 
what reduce the numbers? It is hard to 
remove a half-grown pear, since they stick 
tight and don’t come off like a, partly grown 
peach, aud to use a knife or break every 
pear stem is a tedious job on trees 20 and 
more foot high, with a spread in proportion. 
Ans. —There is no doubt of the need 
and profit in taking off a part of the 
overload of Kieffer pears or any other 
fruit, but it seems to me wrong to cut 
off any foliage. To thin by hand is very 
tedious, but I know of no other way 
(o get off the fruit without damaging 
the trees to some extent. It can be 
done with fine-toothed rakes, and I 
have known peaches to be thinned that 
way. This gives no chance to select the 
small and faulty specimens, as can be 
done by hand, but it is quick and 
cheap. Severe shaking will have some 
effect and some of the faulty specimens 
will drop in this way. This should al¬ 
ways be done before anything else is 
done in the way of thinning the fruit. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Rye and Vetch for Connecticut. 
C. L. 8., Branford, Conn. —I have land 
now In mowing that Is inclined to he a 
little low. After mowing July 1 I shall 
plow and sow some seed for a Winter 
cover, something that will enrich the 
ground and add humus. What would you 
advise me to sow, beiug afraid of clovers 
on account of damp with the Winter? 1 
wish to ask as to Hairy or Sand vetch. Is 
this hardy aud a soil improver? Is it 
hard to get clear of when once in the 
ground, ns I hear it is a growth that goes 
down deep? 1 do not want anything that 
will become a plague to me after I am 
through with it. IIow much and when 
shall I sow of what you may recommend? 
IIow are Cow-horn turnips sown, mixed 
with larger seeds or sown separately? 
Ans. —As a cover crop on the land 
you mention, we would recommend a 
mixture of rye and Hairy vetch. Use one 
bushel of rye and one-half bushel to 
three pecks of vetch seed per acre. This 
seed should be sown in early Septem¬ 
ber. There is no danger whatever of the 
vetch becoming a serious pest. A few 
plants may remain for some years, but 
these will not do any serious harm. 
The only danger with Winter vetch is 
where Winter wheat is to be grown, 
then the vetch seed mixes with the 
wheat and causes serious damage to the 
flour. I advise you to leave Cow-horn 
turnips alone, as we have other plants 
which are much better for cover crops 
in New England. Rye and clover or rye 
and Winter vetch are both much better 
than turnips. l. a. Clinton. 
Peach Curl Disease Bad. 
Prof. II. II. Whetzel, of Ithaca, Is. Y., 
says that this season has boon specially 
favorable for peach curl. Many growers re¬ 
port failure from spraying. "This is only 
to be expected in view of the fact the buds 
started very early in March, due to the 
warm weather at that time, and the grow¬ 
ers, accustomed to spraying about the first 
of April, delayed their operations until 
nearly that time witli the result that the 
buds had already started when the spray 
was applied. Infection had already taken 
place aud, of course, the spraying was in¬ 
effective. As usual, failure to control the 
disease is attributed to the mixture used 
and not to the proper cause, spraying too 
late. Every grower who sprayed early 
enough and thorough enough has controlled 
the disease, whether he used lime sulphur 
or Bordeaux. This season should he a les¬ 
son to peaeli growers to have their spray¬ 
ing outfits and material on iiand and ready 
for work not later than March first of any 
season. We desire to get in touch with 
every peach grower in the State. If you 
have failed to control the curl we want to 
know about it, and if possible help you to 
locate the cause of your failure.” 
Wonderberries in China. 
The Cadiz (Ohio) Republican prints a 
letter from Dr. E. E. Anderson, a medical 
missionary at Soo Chow, China, who says: 
‘‘This week we were all interested in the 
account of the attempt to raise the Wou- 
derberry at Cadiz. Perhaps you will he 
interested to know that we, too, were en¬ 
ticed by the promise of berries all the year 
round, and several of the community-sent 
for seeds. This is a good fruit-growing 
country, and besides the native varieties, 
many of us who care for gardens have a 
number of American small fruits, straw¬ 
berries, blackberries, etc., but like other 
folk wc try something new. 
“The Wonderberr.v was closely watched; 
it made slow growth at first, but by the 
first of July was in bloom, but not very 
promising. The same jumping beetle ap¬ 
peared here 'did it come with the seeds?) 
and riddled the leaves. In some gardens 
the leaves were all eaten. When we re¬ 
turned September 1 from our vacation we 
found some berries. Eaten raw they were 
tough and tasteless. Cooking usually im¬ 
proves tilings, not so with the Wonder- 
berry ; they were bitter, though the juice 
was not bad tasted, tasting somewhat like 
elderberry juice. One of the grass cutters 
mistook them for weeds one day; we didn’t 
scold him any. When in North China dur¬ 
ing our vacation I saw other attempts at 
their cultivation, with like results. Many 
there speak of its resemblance to the dead¬ 
ly nightshade, which grows everywhere 
here as at home.” 
Wc should expect the Chinese to find vir¬ 
tues in the Wonderberry if anyone could. 
They pay high prices for ginseng, though 
our best medical authorities find little value 
in it. That insect did not come with the 
seed, but it. certainly appears to follow the 
Wonderberry. We have seen the copy of a 
letter written by John Lewis Childs to Mr. 
Burbank in which it is claimed that the 
fact rabbits and Insects are so fond of the 
Wonderberry is proof that the plant cannot 
ho poisonous ! 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it. ’— Acid). 
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Low-Down Handy Wagons 
Did you ever notice how much time two men 
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pie and instructions on growing. 
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at $ 40.00 per acre annu; 
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GRAIN AND GRASS SEE! 
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OU I DELHIlQ the grain analyzes richer than 
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Aople and Peach Trees-’^a^S 
SALESMEN WANTED 
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C ABBAGE PLANTS - Premium Flat Dutch, Laroe Am. Drum¬ 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS of the Bost Vi ‘ 
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When Friends Make 
a Call 
Welcome them with lots of bright, choerfnl, 
pleasant light. Have a bright light on the front 
porch and a good light in the barn wliilo you pnt 
uptheir horse. And have the inside of the house 
so light and cheery that you and your guests will 
feel bright and have a real jolly evening. 
You can do this with home-made gas light—the 
greatest comfort ever invented for country homes. 
And tho cost, light for light, is cheajier than 
kcroHcnc It you use tho 
Acetylene 
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Over 200,000 country homes are now made pleasant 
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This Colt light is tho best improvement you can 
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69A Murray Street, New York 
V KOETAUTK PLANTS —UaLbago Plants, $1 per 1, 000 . 
Tomato' f, Hweot Potatoes, Peppers and Kggplants, $2 per 
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ONE QUART OF STRAWBERRIES 
KKVITT’S SYSTEM. Send for my Mid-Summer 
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Peach 
Baskets 
2, 4, G, 8 , 10.12, 14 and 
16-quart sizes. 
Peach Covers 
Wooden, Burlap and 
Cotton. 
Berry, Peach and 
Grape Crates, etc. 
Write for PltlCKS and CATALOGUE. 
COLES&COMPANY 
109 & 111 Warren Street, New York. 
KSTA15I.ISHKI) 1884. 
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Q UOTATIONS 
We have a complete list 
of commercial varieties 
of first grade apple trees for 
sale at popular prices. 
•I Agents wanted to handle our line of 
nursery stock. 
STONE & WELLINGTON, 
TORONTO, Ontario. 
I I . 
PEACH TREES 
FALL I9IO SPRING 1911 
Wo are prepared to quote prices and outer j 
orders now lor just wlmt you want of our 
own grown trees. Don't Do disappointed 
again the coming soason but order now. ' 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., HIGHTSTOWN, N. J. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES 
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Dreer’s Garden Supplies 
Write to-day for our Tool Catalogue of Garden Imple¬ 
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also Fertilizers for Lawn and Garden. 
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■ ® You can save the cost of a rig 
in a few years besides doing the 
ELLIS 
CHAMPION 
THRESHERS 
are equally well suited to threshermen 
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conveni¬ 
ent time 
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Potlstown, Pa. 
Summer 
Work Is On 
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COMPANY 
Box 48 Quincy, Ill. 
